NOBIZ PREVAILS AT DELAWARE ...p4 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 A CONVINCING CLOSING ARGUMENT MIDNIGHT RUN Lawyer Ron (Langfuhr) didn=t threaten the track re- He was making his first start in 4 1/2 months, but cord of 1:46 3/5 he set in the July 28 GI Whitney H., Midnight Lute (Real Quiet) looked anything but rusty in but he easily handled the seven the GI Forego S. at Saratoga yes- foes sent against him in the terday. Bet down to 2-1, the GI Woodward S. yesterday. Car- four-year-old tracked High Fi- rying 126 pounds, eight more nance (Talk Is Money) and At- than last time, the chestnut tila=s Storm (Forest Wildcat) pressed Wanderin Boy (Seeking through an opening half in the Gold) through a half in :45.24. He powered to the lead :46.42. He took over after six as they rolled out of the turn, Horsephotos panels in 1:10.45 and was all opened up by five at midstretch alone down the lane, scoring by and had no trouble holding a determined Benny The Bull 8 1/4 lengths over his hot and Horsephotos (Lucky Lionel) at bay for a 2 1/4-length score. Jockey dirty rivals. AHe was picking up a Edgar Prado injured an ankle when he was thrown lot of weight on a track that wasn't as fast as on Whit- galloping out after the seventh race, but Shaun ney day,@ trainer Todd Pletcher said, defending the final Bridgmohan proved an able substitute. AYou don=t have time of 1:48 3/5. AI thought he was every bit as good as much time to study the race,@ said Bridgmohan. AI today.@ With the win, Lawyer Ron raised his batting just went out there and did what [trainer Bob Baffert] average to .500, with 12 wins from 24 starts. I think A asked me to do.@ As for what=s next, Baffert said, AI he has established himself as the top older horse in don=t think he=s a [Breeders= Cup] Sprint horse. training,@ Pletcher said. ANow we have to see how he Three-quarters might be too short for him.@ Cont. p3 matches up against the three-year-olds.@ Cont. p2 Saturday, Saratoga Race Course AUSSIE STALLION QUARANTINE EXTENDED WOODWARD S.-GI, $500,000, SAR, 9-1, 3yo/up, The 43 stallions at the Eastern Creek facility in Syd- 1 1/8m, 1:48 3/5, ft. ney, including top sires Encosta de Lago (Aus) and 1--LAWYER RON, 126, c, 4, by Langfuhr Elusive Quality, will remain in quarantine indefinitely in 1st Dam: Donation, by Lord Avie the wake of news that two more of the population have 2nd Dam: Reddy Change, by Mr. Redoy tested positive for equine influenza. A third stallion is 3rd Dam: Coin Changer, by Rambunctious classified as suspect. There are now seven stallions in O-Hines Racing LLC; B-James T Hines Jr (KY); T-Todd quarantine with EI, according to a statement issued by A Pletcher; J-John R Velazquez; $300,000. Lifetime Thoroughbred Breeders' Australia Saturday. The stal- Record: 24-12-3-4, $2,640,008. lions were originally due at stud farms about Aug. 23. 2--Sun King, 126, h, 5, Charismatic--Clever But Costly, by Clever Trick. ($400,000 yrl '03 KEEJAN). O-Tracy Farmer; B-Cambridge Farm & James Daniel Conway WE’RE ALL EARS (KY); T-Nicholas P Zito; $100,000. Aidan O=Brien has annexed four editions of the 3--Diamond Stripes, 126, g, 4, Notebook--Romantic G1 Moyglare Stud S. since the turn of the century and Summer, by On to Glory. ($95,000 wlng '03 he looks to Listen (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) to add another KEENOV; $340,000 yrl '04 KEESEP). O-Four Roses today. Victorious in the Listed Saoire S. over six fur- Thoroughbreds; B-Mr & Mrs Samuel H Rogers Jr (FL); longs at first asking June 29, Derrick Smith, Susan T-Richard E Dutrow Jr; $50,000. Magnier and Michael Tabor=s sister to the stable=s 2000 Margins: 8 1/4, 1 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 0.75, 13.50, 7.30. scorer Sequoyah (Ire) returned to finish a neck second Also Ran: Corinthian, Political Force, Brass Hat, after a troubled trip in the G2 Debutante S. over a panel Wanderin Boy, Magna Graduate. further last time Aug. 12. Cont. p8-9 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/2/07 • PAGE 2 of 10 Woodward cont. Solid Sophomore Blossoms at Four... Lawyer Ron looked to be a Triple Crown threat last spring, reeling off victories in the Southwest S., GIII Rebel S. and GII Arkan- sas Derby. Owner/breeder James T. Hines Jr. passed away in the run-up to the GI Kentucky Derby, but the colt went to the gate on the first Saturday in May, only to finish 12th. He headed to the shelf after that experience, returning to take Aug. 26 St. Louis Adam Coglianese Derby. Connections opted to turn the colt over to Todd Pletcher after a second-place finish in the Sept. 23 GII Super Derby. The move did not look prom- ising after a ninth-place finish in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, but Lawyer Ron has been on the improve this season. He followed up on wins in a Gulfstream allow- ance test in February and the GII Oaklawn H. in April with a third in the May 28 GI Met Mile H. The four- year-old was beaten a neck by the surprising Gottcha Gold in the June 23 GIII Salvator Mile S., but came to life at the Spa in his last two appearances. Pletcher is looking at one more start before this year=s edition of the Classic at Monmouth Park Oct. 27. AThere is a chance he'll meet some of those [three-year-olds] in the [GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park Sept. 30], if we decided to go there,@ he said. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue- style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. IF IT'S SEPTEMBER... IT'S TAYLOR MADE ASI ASI The “El” You Say... Winner of the 2-Year-Old Lindsay Frolic Stakes Lawyer Ron=s dam, Donation, was purchased by James Hines Jr. for $11,000 at the 1996 KEESEP sale. at Calder on Saturday is a Taylor Made She did little on the track, placing twice in four starts 2006 Keeneland September Sales Graduate for earnings of just $8,155. Her first foal, Christamon Look for your next 2YO Stakes Winner at (Trempolino), won just once in 16 starts, and her sec- Taylor Made’s 2007 ond, Stetter Jr (Tejano Run) ended his career as a Keeneland September Consignment $5,000 claimer, but did earn $238,728. Lawyer Ron came along in 2003, and Hines sent the mare back GI Woodward S. Lawyer Ron (Langfuhr) powers to through the ring at the FTKDEC sale later that year, but another Grade I win. she RNA d at $1,000. He held on to her and sent her to = GI Forego S. Midnight Lute (Real Quiet) impresses off his own stallion, the Shadwell homebred Elhayq (Ire) (Nashwan), who had captured the 2000 GII Bowling the layoff. Green H. Donation produced a filly, the unraced two- GIII Kent BC S. Nobiz Like Shobiz (Albert the Great) year-old Ron=s Lady, who was purchased by High Point remains unbeaten on the turf in a head bobber. Stables for $20,000 at last year=s FTKJUL sale. The GIII Arlington-Washington Futurity Wicked Style mare went back to Elhayq in 2005 and foaled another (Macho Uno) guts out the narrow score. half-sister to Lawyer Ron last spring. The bay was bred GIII Red Bank H. Icy Atlantic (Stormy Atlantic) gets to Smarty Jones in 2006, then headed to the up for a popular victory. Keeneland November sale, where she was bought by GII Palomar H. Precious Kitten (Catienus) romps to Cecil Seaman, agent, for $250,000. The resulting foal her second straight on this course. was a colt. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/2/07 • PAGE 3 of 10 Saturday, Saratoga Saturday, Del Mar FOREGO S.-GI, $250,000, SAR, 9-1, 3yo/up, 7f, 1:21, ft. PALOMAR H.-GII, $222,000, DMR, 9-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 1--sMIDNIGHT LUTE, 117, c, 4, by Real Quiet 1 1/16mT, 1:40 2/5, fm. 1st Dam: Candytuft, by Dehere 1--PRECIOUS KITTEN, 122, f, 4, by Catienus 2nd Dam: Bolt From the Blue, by Blue Times 1st Dam: Kitten's First, by Lear Fan 3rd Dam: Berkut, by *Sea-Bird 2nd Dam: That's My Hon, by L'Enjoleur ($70,000 yrl '04 KEESEP). O-Pegram, Watson & 3rd Dam: One Lane, by Prince John Weitman; B-Tom Evans, Macon Wilmil Equines & O/B-Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey (KY); T-Robert J Marjac Farms (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-S Bridgmohan; Frankel; J-Julien R Leparoux; $150,000. Lifetime $150,000. Lifetime Record: 9-4-2-1, $470,600. Record: GISW, 16-6-7-1, $1,039,688. *1/2 to 2--Benny the Bull, 117, c, 4, Lucky Lionel--Comet Cat, Justenuffheart (Broad Brush), MSW & GSP, by Birdonthewire. ($38,000 yrl '04 KEESEP). O-IEAH $373,229; and Kitten's Joy (El Prado {Ire}), Ch.Turf Stables, Greg James, & Andrew I Cohen; B-Tomoka Horse, MGISW, $2,075,791. Farms Inc (FL); T-Richard E Dutrow Jr; $50,000.